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So, when a U.S. Senator goes to a press conference to stand up for his constituents, he ends up forcibly removed, tackled, and handcuffed? Trump's corrupt administration has no regard for our constitutional rights.
None of this is normal. We can't let this slide.
None of this is normal. We can't let this slide.
California Sen. Alex Padilla was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference and handcuffed.
"I am Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary."
Video from @Elex_Michaelson on X via Padilla's staff.
"I am Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the secretary."
Video from @Elex_Michaelson on X via Padilla's staff.
June 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
So, when a U.S. Senator goes to a press conference to stand up for his constituents, he ends up forcibly removed, tackled, and handcuffed? Trump's corrupt administration has no regard for our constitutional rights.
None of this is normal. We can't let this slide.
None of this is normal. We can't let this slide.
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WATCH: California Sen. Alex Padilla is handcuffed and detained at DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference in LA 👇
June 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
WATCH: California Sen. Alex Padilla is handcuffed and detained at DHS Secretary Kristi Noem’s press conference in LA 👇
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This is extremely disturbing.
@padilla.senate.gov was violently removed from a public briefing for asking questions on behalf of the people he represents.
Every day that goes by, Donald Trump is making our nation look more and more like a fascist state.
@padilla.senate.gov was violently removed from a public briefing for asking questions on behalf of the people he represents.
Every day that goes by, Donald Trump is making our nation look more and more like a fascist state.
Senator Padilla is forcibly shoved out of Kristi Noem's press briefing:
"I'm Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the Secretary"
"I'm Senator Alex Padilla. I have questions for the Secretary"
June 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This is extremely disturbing.
@padilla.senate.gov was violently removed from a public briefing for asking questions on behalf of the people he represents.
Every day that goes by, Donald Trump is making our nation look more and more like a fascist state.
@padilla.senate.gov was violently removed from a public briefing for asking questions on behalf of the people he represents.
Every day that goes by, Donald Trump is making our nation look more and more like a fascist state.
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This is outrageous, and we need answers.
If this is how the Trump administration treated a United States senator while the cameras are on, ask yourself: what will they do to ordinary people?
If this is how the Trump administration treated a United States senator while the cameras are on, ask yourself: what will they do to ordinary people?
Sen. Alex Padilla was just removed from Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles (video: Bill Melugin/Fox News)
June 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
This is outrageous, and we need answers.
If this is how the Trump administration treated a United States senator while the cameras are on, ask yourself: what will they do to ordinary people?
If this is how the Trump administration treated a United States senator while the cameras are on, ask yourself: what will they do to ordinary people?
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Senator Alex Padilla was fulfilling his Congressional oversight duties when he was thrown to the ground and handcuffed.
This is no isolated instance; this is a pattern of behavior by the Trump administration.
There is simply no justification for this abuse of authority.
This is no isolated instance; this is a pattern of behavior by the Trump administration.
There is simply no justification for this abuse of authority.
Booker condemns forced removal and detention of Senator Padilla by Trump Officials in Los Angeles
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
youtu.be
June 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Senator Alex Padilla was fulfilling his Congressional oversight duties when he was thrown to the ground and handcuffed.
This is no isolated instance; this is a pattern of behavior by the Trump administration.
There is simply no justification for this abuse of authority.
This is no isolated instance; this is a pattern of behavior by the Trump administration.
There is simply no justification for this abuse of authority.
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When a cabinet member announces "We are using the military to liberate an American city from its elected leaders," where do you go from there. What is left to say. The idea of that being anything short of a near-universal "Wait, what the fuck is going on" moment proves how far we've backslid.
June 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
When a cabinet member announces "We are using the military to liberate an American city from its elected leaders," where do you go from there. What is left to say. The idea of that being anything short of a near-universal "Wait, what the fuck is going on" moment proves how far we've backslid.
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Senators were stunned by the video of their colleague Alex Padilla getting manhandled and handcuffed in LA.
“It’s looking more and more like a fascist state out there every day,” said Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
“It’s looking more and more like a fascist state out there every day,” said Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
Alex Padilla confrontation in LA shocks senators
Several Democrats referred to the incident as "fascism."
www.politico.com
June 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Senators were stunned by the video of their colleague Alex Padilla getting manhandled and handcuffed in LA.
“It’s looking more and more like a fascist state out there every day,” said Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
“It’s looking more and more like a fascist state out there every day,” said Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
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Marine veterans are speaking out against the troop deployment in Los Angeles. Across the country, they’re taking down their American flags that have flown in front of their homes for years. Remember, we have friends everywhere.
June 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Marine veterans are speaking out against the troop deployment in Los Angeles. Across the country, they’re taking down their American flags that have flown in front of their homes for years. Remember, we have friends everywhere.
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IDAHO - No Kings Day Rallies- June 14th, 2025
NEW! McCall
#Boise #CoeurD'Alene #Driggs #Hailey #IdahoFalls #McCall #Moscow #Nampa #Salmon #Sandpoint #TwinFalls
www.mobilize.us/nokings/
www.nokings.org
#idaho #50501id #IDPol #idNews #mobilize #indivisible #June14th #SaveOurDemocracy #voices4victory
NEW! McCall
#Boise #CoeurD'Alene #Driggs #Hailey #IdahoFalls #McCall #Moscow #Nampa #Salmon #Sandpoint #TwinFalls
www.mobilize.us/nokings/
www.nokings.org
#idaho #50501id #IDPol #idNews #mobilize #indivisible #June14th #SaveOurDemocracy #voices4victory
June 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
IDAHO - No Kings Day Rallies- June 14th, 2025
NEW! McCall
#Boise #CoeurD'Alene #Driggs #Hailey #IdahoFalls #McCall #Moscow #Nampa #Salmon #Sandpoint #TwinFalls
www.mobilize.us/nokings/
www.nokings.org
#idaho #50501id #IDPol #idNews #mobilize #indivisible #June14th #SaveOurDemocracy #voices4victory
NEW! McCall
#Boise #CoeurD'Alene #Driggs #Hailey #IdahoFalls #McCall #Moscow #Nampa #Salmon #Sandpoint #TwinFalls
www.mobilize.us/nokings/
www.nokings.org
#idaho #50501id #IDPol #idNews #mobilize #indivisible #June14th #SaveOurDemocracy #voices4victory
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"On June 14, Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. It rises up everywhere else..."
www.nokings.org
www.nokings.org
June 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
"On June 14, Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. It rises up everywhere else..."
www.nokings.org
www.nokings.org
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Hegseth accused of 'straining at the leash' with threat to send Marines to LA
www.rawstory.com/hegseth-la-p...
www.rawstory.com/hegseth-la-p...
Hegseth accused of 'straining at the leash' with threat to send Marines to LA
A decision by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to inflame tensions in Los Angeles as protesters take to the streets to confront militarized ICE and DHS agents invading communities looking for immigrants...
www.rawstory.com
June 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Hegseth accused of 'straining at the leash' with threat to send Marines to LA
www.rawstory.com/hegseth-la-p...
www.rawstory.com/hegseth-la-p...
This is from my Facebook “Memories “ two years before the current Trump Always Chickens Out TACO!!
May 30, 2025 at 9:38 PM
This is from my Facebook “Memories “ two years before the current Trump Always Chickens Out TACO!!
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We can't afford to stand by and let this administration get away with unprecedented corruption. Grateful to have friends in the fight for accountability in Jon Tester and @crow.house.gov.
Rep. Crow, Sen. Tester call for reforms during 'dark money' discussion in Aurora - Sentinel Colorado
"Of course, corruption is happening," Muller said. "Of course, we're just seeing our government sold off to the highest bidder."
sentinelcolorado.com
May 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We can't afford to stand by and let this administration get away with unprecedented corruption. Grateful to have friends in the fight for accountability in Jon Tester and @crow.house.gov.
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What's the cherry on top to these brazenly corrupt self-enrichment schemes? The GOP remains complicit.
The American people can only rely on Democrats to call out this corruption and hold Trump accountable for profiting off the presidency.
The American people can only rely on Democrats to call out this corruption and hold Trump accountable for profiting off the presidency.
May 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
What's the cherry on top to these brazenly corrupt self-enrichment schemes? The GOP remains complicit.
The American people can only rely on Democrats to call out this corruption and hold Trump accountable for profiting off the presidency.
The American people can only rely on Democrats to call out this corruption and hold Trump accountable for profiting off the presidency.
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The Serbian government just leased land to Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner—who plans to build a Trump hotel on the land.
Kushner's private equity firm will help cover the $1 billion project.
This is yet another blatant self-enrichment scheme.
Kushner's private equity firm will help cover the $1 billion project.
This is yet another blatant self-enrichment scheme.
May 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The Serbian government just leased land to Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner—who plans to build a Trump hotel on the land.
Kushner's private equity firm will help cover the $1 billion project.
This is yet another blatant self-enrichment scheme.
Kushner's private equity firm will help cover the $1 billion project.
This is yet another blatant self-enrichment scheme.
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Meiselas: A lot of marginalized communities see fair-weather supporters—people who are with them when it seems cool, and then abandon them when the seasons change. I think that’s bullshit.
I think you’ve got to stand with people and be who you are.
I think you’ve got to stand with people and be who you are.
May 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Meiselas: A lot of marginalized communities see fair-weather supporters—people who are with them when it seems cool, and then abandon them when the seasons change. I think that’s bullshit.
I think you’ve got to stand with people and be who you are.
I think you’ve got to stand with people and be who you are.
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The Constitution is clear: Congress—not the Attorney General or the White House Counsel—has the exclusive authority to approve or reject a gift 'of any kind whatever' given to the President by a foreign government.
House Dems open investigation into Trump's acceptance of $400 million jet from Qatar
House Democrats are opening a wide-ranging probe into President Trump's acceptance of a luxury jet from Qatar's royal family.
www.foxnews.com
May 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The Constitution is clear: Congress—not the Attorney General or the White House Counsel—has the exclusive authority to approve or reject a gift 'of any kind whatever' given to the President by a foreign government.
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already commented on this. But I think this may literally be the dumbest comment of the second Trump administration so far.
Reporter: The president fired the Librarian of Congress. Why?
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
May 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
already commented on this. But I think this may literally be the dumbest comment of the second Trump administration so far.
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Brilliant!
May 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Brilliant!
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Turns out that when you base essentially your entire case for becoming president on the idea that there's an ongoing invasion by murderous criminals and only mass deportations can solve the problem, your voters expect you to produce said criminals. Now they're just going after anyone they can.
They’re lashing out against Habeas and arresting Mayors because they know their position is weak and getting weaker, and they’re panicking. It’s scary to live through, but it’s less scary when you remember this isn’t coming from a position of strength, it’s sweaty desperation.
May 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Turns out that when you base essentially your entire case for becoming president on the idea that there's an ongoing invasion by murderous criminals and only mass deportations can solve the problem, your voters expect you to produce said criminals. Now they're just going after anyone they can.
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#ProudBlue
Stephen Miller is trying to get rid of Habeas Corpus which a power of Congress (constitution.congress.gov/browse/artic...).
The president can only suspend the writ after Congress has passed legislation allowing it.
The WH is making threats upon the courts if they don't fall in line.
Stephen Miller is trying to get rid of Habeas Corpus which a power of Congress (constitution.congress.gov/browse/artic...).
The president can only suspend the writ after Congress has passed legislation allowing it.
The WH is making threats upon the courts if they don't fall in line.
May 10, 2025 at 2:35 AM
#ProudBlue
Stephen Miller is trying to get rid of Habeas Corpus which a power of Congress (constitution.congress.gov/browse/artic...).
The president can only suspend the writ after Congress has passed legislation allowing it.
The WH is making threats upon the courts if they don't fall in line.
Stephen Miller is trying to get rid of Habeas Corpus which a power of Congress (constitution.congress.gov/browse/artic...).
The president can only suspend the writ after Congress has passed legislation allowing it.
The WH is making threats upon the courts if they don't fall in line.
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Instead of working for her constituents, Marjorie Taylor Greene is wasting tax dollars by holding a sham hearing targeting trans athletes.
It's nothing more than a hateful political stunt to platform transphobic rhetoric.
It's nothing more than a hateful political stunt to platform transphobic rhetoric.
Today, Marjorie Taylor Greene’s DOGE subcommittee is wasting time and resources to hold an illegitimate and hate-filled hearing targeting trans athletes. It’s nothing more than a political stunt meant to reinforce harmful stereotypes.
May 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Instead of working for her constituents, Marjorie Taylor Greene is wasting tax dollars by holding a sham hearing targeting trans athletes.
It's nothing more than a hateful political stunt to platform transphobic rhetoric.
It's nothing more than a hateful political stunt to platform transphobic rhetoric.
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“Your microphone works. Do you condemn this?”
I asked my Republican colleagues — who say they care about antisemitism — if they condemn Trump pardoning neo-Nazis.
Unfortunately, the party of “Jewish space lasers” doesn't give a damn about stopping antisemitism.
I asked my Republican colleagues — who say they care about antisemitism — if they condemn Trump pardoning neo-Nazis.
Unfortunately, the party of “Jewish space lasers” doesn't give a damn about stopping antisemitism.
Congressman Casar to Republicans: "Your Microphone Works. Do You Condemn This?"
YouTube video by Congressman Greg Casar
youtu.be
May 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
“Your microphone works. Do you condemn this?”
I asked my Republican colleagues — who say they care about antisemitism — if they condemn Trump pardoning neo-Nazis.
Unfortunately, the party of “Jewish space lasers” doesn't give a damn about stopping antisemitism.
I asked my Republican colleagues — who say they care about antisemitism — if they condemn Trump pardoning neo-Nazis.
Unfortunately, the party of “Jewish space lasers” doesn't give a damn about stopping antisemitism.
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So congressional Republicans think it's okay to help out their billionaire buddies and corporate donors even if it means taking healthcare insurance coverage away from millions of hardworking families?
Got it.
Got it.
thehill.com
May 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
So congressional Republicans think it's okay to help out their billionaire buddies and corporate donors even if it means taking healthcare insurance coverage away from millions of hardworking families?
Got it.
Got it.
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WATCH: Ranking Member Maxine Waters' opening remarks at today's Democratic hearing on Trump’s #crypto corruption:
“Republicans aren’t just ignoring Trump’s corruption, they are legitimizing Trump’s & his family’s efforts to enrich themselves on the backs of average Americans.” | tinyurl.com/mr3fzfwp
“Republicans aren’t just ignoring Trump’s corruption, they are legitimizing Trump’s & his family’s efforts to enrich themselves on the backs of average Americans.” | tinyurl.com/mr3fzfwp
May 7, 2025 at 3:38 AM
WATCH: Ranking Member Maxine Waters' opening remarks at today's Democratic hearing on Trump’s #crypto corruption:
“Republicans aren’t just ignoring Trump’s corruption, they are legitimizing Trump’s & his family’s efforts to enrich themselves on the backs of average Americans.” | tinyurl.com/mr3fzfwp
“Republicans aren’t just ignoring Trump’s corruption, they are legitimizing Trump’s & his family’s efforts to enrich themselves on the backs of average Americans.” | tinyurl.com/mr3fzfwp